Whirlwind Little IMP Lo-Z XLR Female to Hi-Z 1/4-inch Male In-line Impedance Transformer

Name: Whirlwind Little IMP Lo-Z XLR Female to Hi-Z 1/4-inch Male In-line Impedance Transformer
Brand: Whirlwind
Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)

Inline Low-impedance to High-impedance Mic Transformer with Female XLR Input and 1/4" TS Output

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Whirlwind Little IMP Lo-Z XLR Female to Hi-Z 1/4-inch Male In-line Impedance Transformer

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Get the Most out of Your Mics and Mixers with This Handy Transformer!

The Whirlwind Little IMP inline transformer lets you take advantage of your mixer's input capabilities. Some mixers have 1/4" unbalanced inputs, which are designed for high-impedance sources and won't accept balanced, low-impedence mics. The Whirlwind Little IMP solves this problem, allowing you to attach your standard balanced XLR-style mic to its female XLR connection, while its 1/4" TS plug makes the connection to the hi-Z input efficiently and effectively. Now you can use your mics and mixer to their full potential with the Whirlwind Little IMP.

Whirlwind Little IMP Inline Microphone Transformer Features:

Female XLR to 1/4" TS plug
Allows using balanced XLR mics with unbalanced 1/4" high-impedance inputs
Easy to use
Durable construction

The Whirlwind Little IMP lets you get the most out of your mics and mixers!

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Tech Specs

Type: Impedance Transformer
Connectivity: XLR Female, 1/4" TS Male
Features: Low Z to High Z
Manufacturer Part Number: LTLIMP

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Turned my old KB300 into a PA-no issue. Added a another singer to my group. Fun.

Comparing this to the Shure model, the transformer is much better quality. (Not the construction though by comparison). Once I capture a DI guitar signal, I'm able to create amazing reamps by plugging this device's XLR side into out my mic preamp's output. With a female to female 1/4" adapter at the end of this device, I plug straight into my pedalboard. This adds a lot of clean gain to the signal. All attenuatable with a preamp. Highly recommend!

Bought this as a back up. Had another more expensive one in mind. Sales Rep suggested this one instead. Ben Tongues always comes through with the right answers. Everything he's suggested has been on point. Works like a charm

Works GREAT

This is one of those things that you learn about as you go through life as a musician. I'm a guitarist and have played in bands forever but don't really know a lot about the PA side of things - and there's A LOT to learn on that end.

I play in a duo sometimes and we have a couple of different Centaur PA-in-a-box units - basically they're two channel PAs which sound great and are much easier than dealing with separate speakers, etc. One gig we decided to go as light as possible due to space & time restraints and I bought XLR-to-1/4" adapters so that we could plug our two mics directly into the PA - no mixer. Well, as some of you probably know, there was almost no signal and we had to have the PA levels almost maxed in order to be heard.

So I did some research and encountered these little guys. Voila! From almost no level to a full, loud level from the mics. I think we needed the PA at about 3 to be at gig volume once we used these Little IMPs.

Before you nix the idea of needing these seemingly-expensive adapters, realize that they're not really that expensive, and they're entirely necessary in some circumstances. Most of the time we go through a nice mixer into the PA, but these are extremely handy to have in certain situations where we're tight for time or space and can't do a full setup - or just want to go with a super-simple setup.